Wisconsin
Pediatric Cardiac Registry: PedCar is
one of several Bioinformatics Program administered registries. It fosters
research in congenital heart disease with the goal of
the identification of causes and prevention of cardiovascular
abnormalities in children. Other registries include the
International Bone Marrow Transplant and Medical Risks
of Obesity.
Rat Genome Database:
The Bioinformatics Program has established itself as the
leader in rat biomedical bioinformatics, helping researchers
use rat models more effectively by creating the Rat Genome
Database (RGD) and developing tools and approaches to
increase the utility of the rat as a model of human disease.
Physiological
Genomics: PhysGen is a Bioinformatics
Program research project in collaboration with the Department
of Physiology and the Human & Molecular Genetics Center.
A web-based physiological and phenotypic database has
been established with data from many consomic and inbred
rat strains with the goal of linking the physiology of
rats to genome.
Proteomics
Center: MCW has recently received a long-term
contract to establish an NHLBI Proteomics Center. The
project’s goals are to employ proteomics to study
cardiovascular biology and to advance the design of proteomics
instrumentation and software. The Bioinformatics Program
is playing a critical role in the analysis, storage, and
dissemination of project data and in the development of
new algorithms and tools for proteomics data analysis.
THE Bioinformatics Program’S RESOURCES
THE Bioinformatics Program PROMISE FOR YOUR RESEARCH
The Bioinformatics Program has collaborated with scientists from MCW and
around the world in both basic biomedical model-based
lab research projects and in more applied clinical,
patient-based investigations. Our collaborations have
been conducted through both cooperative grant writing
and consulting relationships. Often, new collaborations
lead in unexpected, unpredicted directions, resulting
in exciting synergies between bioinformatics, the wet
lab, and the clinical lab.
We actively seek new collaborations to grow in exciting
directions and look forward to working with you!
